How did farm practices change in Texas after the Civil War? A.) Fewer farmers grew cotton in East Texas B.) The number of large plantations increased C.) The small family farm became a thing of the past D.) More small farmers became sharecroppers ASAP

The farm practices change in Texas after the Civil War as "the small family farm became a thing of the past".

Option: C

Explanation:

Following the civil war, a southern farm tenancy emerged, a system of near-slavery with no legal penalties of tenant farmers instead of slaves. Small farmers, the economy grew and became a money-based system, gradually became tenant farmers.The amount of farms in Texas grew from around 61,000 in 1870 to around 174,000 in 1880 and 350,000 by 1900, where farms and ranching undertakings were growing quickly. With the passage of time, Texas agriculture's predominantly pastoral character became more strongly a plow and commercial system. Between 1836 and the Civil War the plantation system, small family farming, and the cattle range industry developed rapidly.

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paul willis (born 1950) is a british social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. paul willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture. he was born in wolverhampton[1] and received his education at the university of cambridge and at the university of birmingham. he worked at centre for contemporary cultural studies and subsequently at the university of wolverhampton. he was a professor of social/cultural ethnography at keele university. in the autumn of 2010, he left keele university and is now a professor at princeton university.

paul willis’s work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts. from highly structured to weakly structured ones, willis examines how practices of `informal cultural production` to produce and construct cultural worlds `from below`.[2]

trained in literary criticism at cambridge,[2] paul willis received his phd in 1972 from the centre for contemporary cultural studies at birmingham university where he remained as senior research fellow until 1981. he gave a paper at the 9th symposium of the natiohnal deviancy conference in january 1972 entitled 'a motor-bike subculture

during the 1980`s willis served as youth policy adviser to wolverhampton borough council in the english midlands. there he produced the youth review (published by the council and ashgate) which formed the basis for youth policy and for the formation of the democratically elected youth council, both still functioning. during the 1990s he served first as head of the division of media, communications and cultural studies, and then as a member of the professoriate at the university of wolverhampton. in 2000 willis co-founded the sage journal, ethnography. in 2003 willis was hired as a head professor of social and cultural ethnography at keele university.